The Strokes - The New Abnormal Album Lyrics

They've been sayin', "You're sophisticated"
They're complainin', overeducated
You are saying all the words I'm dreaming
Say it after me
Say it after me
They will blame us, crucify and shame us
We can't help it if we are a problem
We are tryin' hard to get your attention
I'm climbin' up your wall
Climbin' up your wall

Don't go there 'cause you'll never return
I know you think of me when you think of her
But then it don't make sense when you're tryin' hard
To do the right thing but without recompense
And then you did something wrong and you said it was great
And now you don't know how you could ever complain
Because you're all confused 'cause you want me to
But then you want me to do it the same as you

You were waitin' for the elevator
You were sayin' all the words I'm dreaming
No more askin' questions or excuses
Information's here
Here and everywhere

Don't go there 'cause you'll never return
I know you think of me when you think of her
But then it don't make sense when you're tryin' hard
To do the right thing but without recompense
And then you did something wrong and you said it was great
And now you don't know how you could ever complain
Because you're all confused 'cause you want me to
But then you want me to do it the same way as you, and, but

I don't, I don't want anything
I know it's not, it's not your fault
I don't want anyone
Always I do, it's not for you

Ah
Ooh

Stockholders
Same shit, a different lie
I'll get it right sometime
Oh, maybe not tonight
Oh, maybe not tonight
Oh, maybe not tonight
Oh, maybe not tonight
Oh, maybe not tonight

Hello?
Yeah, boy, here we go
And a-one, and a-two, and a-three
Here we go, friends
Hold on, I can't-
Maybe that's kooky situation
So, let's go back to the old key, old tempo, everything
Okay

You're not the same anymore
Don't wanna play that game anymore
You'd make a better window than a door
Oh, the strangers they implore
It gets so easy to ignore
Just like the girl next door

Uncle's house, it was noon
Sorry boy, I can't implore ya
You are strange, but I like you
Sorry this is overdue
I promised I would do it right
Her and a boy on a Saturday night

And now the door slams shut
A child prisoner grows up
To seek his enemy's throat cut
I'm on and on it, on and on and on
We're on the way, fuel the jet
Can see that what he wants, he gets
What does your sworn enemy regret?

I didn't know, I didn't care
I don't even understand
Did somethin' wrong, I wasn't sure
Stay on top of this, or else
I was afraid I f*cked up
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I couldn't change, it's too late

And now it's time to show up
Late again, I can't grow up
And now, it's on me they've given up

Uncle's house, I forget
Violent tendencies I get
Your timin' sucks, she went overboard
Don't forget, you are insured
I didn't know, I wasn't sure
Can't remember all that well
I couldn't change, was too late
Yeah, yeah, yeah

One shot is never enough
I just wait for us to go in circles
A lifetime of giving my all for you
Hostile, give me a break
Two sips from my bottle and chill
And first he would tell me I'm his friend
Actually no thanks, I'm okay
Then he would send weird looks my way

I want new friends, but they don't want me
They're making plans while I watch TV
Thought it was you, but maybe it's me
I want new friends, but they don't want me

And the '80s song, yeah, how did it go?
When they said this is the beginning of the best years, even though
False
Break

One shot is never enough
I just wait for this to go into circles
And the distance from my room is anything so necessary
I was thinking about that thing that you said last night, so boring

And the '80s bands, where did they go?
Can we switch into the chorus right now?

I want new friends, but they don't want me
They have some fun, but then they just leave
Is it just them? Or maybe all me?
Why my new friends don't seem to want me

Hurts my case, but that's okay
It hurts my case, but that's okay
We're dancin' on a moonbeam
On and on and on and on and on

The deeper I get, the less that I know
That's the way that it go
The less that I know, the deeper I go
Juliet, I adore
The deeper I get, the less that I know
Diminishing returns, oh

Oh, that's how it goes
All I wanna say
On another song
On another day
On another song
On another day
On another song
On another break

Dropped down the lights, I'm sittin' with you
Moscow, 1972
Always singin' in my sleep
I will leave it in my dreams

Oh, makin' bad decisions
Oh, makin' bad decisions
Makin' bad decisions for you
Yeah, makin' bad decisions
Uh, makin' bad decisions
Oh-oh-oh, makin' bad decisions for you

Pick up your gun
Put up your gloves
Save us from harm
Safe or alone

Oh baby, I hang on everything you say
I wanna write down every word
Do me a favor when you come through
When I look around, don't wanna see you
I don't take advice from fools
Never listening to you

Oh, makin' bad decisions
Yeah, makin' bad decisions
Oh, makin' bad decisions with you
Oh, makin' bad decisions
Oh, oh-oh-oh, makin' bad decisions
Uh, makin' bad decisions with you

Pick up your gun
Put up those gloves
Save us from harm
Safe or alone

You, you didn't listen to me
But I, I didn't listen to you

I waited so long
Listening for
Something to join

I'm making bad decisions
Really, really bad decisions
Oh, oh-oh-oh, making bad decisions
Oh, yeah, oh
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Ooh, ooh
I'm not gonna give a lot of credit
I don't know how to use, how
'Cause I can't, I can't
I can't, can't make anymore

(This, and I never let it happen)
(Hey, yeah, oh)
(Hey, yeah, oh)

When I think of you
It's always on my mind
Is that story true?
No one saves the day
(Hey, yeah, oh)
Don't you want the truth?
Ignore reality
See, I love that feelin' too
Nobody's gonna stop right now
(Hey, yeah, oh)

Summer is coming
Won't go away
Summer is coming
It's here to stay
(Hey, yeah, oh)

I can't believe it
This is the eleventh hour
Psychedelic
Life is such a funny journey
Hercules
Your service is no longer needed
It's just like make believe
(Hey, yeah, oh)

They got the remedy
But they won't let it happen
They got the remedy
But they won't let it happen
(Hey, yeah, oh)

(Hey, yeah, oh)
Now that you heard the truth
I need a friendly face
I hate that feeling too
But no one's unafraid
(Hey, yeah, oh)
Don't expect the truth
This is a fantasy
I fight that feeling too
But nobody's gonna stop us now
(Hey, yeah, oh)

Summer is coming
Won't go away
Summer is coming
It's here to stay
(Hey, yeah, oh)
Lo and behold the salt of the city
Pillars like time are fading away
Symphony building up to a future
Mystery to solve for somebody else
(Hey, yeah, oh)

I can't believe it
Life is such a funny journey
Psychedelic
This is the eleventh hour
Hercules
Your service is no longer needed
It's just like make believe

They got the remedy
But they won't let it happen
They got the remedy
But they won't let it happen

Everybody's on the take
Tell me, are you on the take too?
Everybody's on the take
Tell me, are you on the take too?

Look up on the bright side
I'm not gonna give it to ya
Look at it on the bright side
(Hey, yeah, oh, oh)
Look up on the bright side
I'm not gonna give it to ya
Look up on the bright side
(Hey, yeah, oh)
Look up on the bright side
I'm not gonna give it to ya
Look at it on the bright side
(Hey, yeah, oh, oh)
Look up on the bright side
I'm not gonna give it to ya
Look up on the bright side

I can't escape it

Never gonna make it

Out of this in time

I guess that's just fine

I'm not there quite yet

My thoughts, such a mess

Like a little boy

What you running for?



Arrive at the door

Anyone home?

Have I lost it all?



Struck me like a chord

I'm an ugly boy

Holding out the night

Lonely after light

You begged me not to go

Sinking like a stone

Use me like an oar

And get yourself to shore



Bang at the door

Anyone home?

It's just what they do

Right in front of you

Like a cannonball

Slamming through your wall

In their face I saw

What they're fighting for

I can't escape it

I'm never gonna make it to the end, I guess



Struck me like a chord

I'm an ugly boy

Holdin' out the night

Lonely after light

Banging on the door

I don't want to know

Sinking like a stone

So use me like an oar



Hard to fight what I can't see

Not trying to build no dynasty

I can't see beyond this wall

But we lost this game

So many times before



I been on a cold road

I'll be waiting, yeah

I'll be waiting from the other side

Waiting for the tide to rise

I been on a cold road

I'll be waiting, yeah

I'll be waiting from the other side

Waiting for the tide to rise

I sing a song
I paint a picture
My baby's gone
I don't miss her
Like a swan
I don't miss swimmin'
All my friends left
And they don't miss me

Can't take it, babe
Your body talks to me
Like in a movie, babe
I let it resonate, yeah

I want your time (time)
Don't ask me questions (questions)
That you don't want (want)
The answers to (to)

I love you in the morning, so you know it's no lie
You're hidin' in the background, but you wanna be found
You've got me on my back and now I've gotta think fast
You're hidin' in the background, but you wanna be found

Life, take it easy, babe, I
I get down, it's automatic, uh
I've come to believin' that
A-too much time is evil

Transition in
I'm making your body wait
Like on an aeroplane
Please baby, take me away, yeah

I want your time (time)
Don't ask me questions (questions)
That you don't want (want)
The answer to (to)

(I know)
(I know)
(I know)
(I know)

I kinda miss the nine-to-five, yeah
Do those things that you can't hide
I scramble, fight just like a child
Hey, ah, na-na-na-na, ah-ah
I'm stayin' hungry, I'm stayin' hungry
I'm stayin' hungry, I'm stayin' hungry
Not gettin' angry, I'm stayin' hungry
Not gettin' angry, still stayin' hungry
Yeah

(Hold on, hold on)
The click was always in you, Fab
(It was never on)
It was never on

Can the dark side light my way out? Yeah
Lay your hand across my face, yeah
Time we lost, that's all my fault

Please don't be long
'Cause I want you now
I don't have love
Without you 'round
Life is too short
But I will live for you

How did this fit in your story? Yeah
Why'd you let them judge your body? Yeah
I'll be waitin' there outside, yeah

Please don't be long
'Cause I want your all
I don't have fun
Without your love
Life is too short
But I will live for you
You're muckin' off
But I will live for you, my selfless love

Bite my tongue, I wait my turn
I waited for a century
Waste my breath, no lessons learned
I turn and face the enemy
I'm not scared, just don't care
I'm not listenin', you hear?
He's never there, I don't care
I can't tell you what and where

Yeah
Yeah

Up on his horse, up on his horse
Not gonna wake up here anymore
Listen one time, it's not the truth
It's just a story, I tell to you
Easy to say, easy to do
But it's not easy, well, maybe for you
Hope that you find it, hope that it's good
Hope that you read it, think that you should
Cuts you some slack as he sits back
Sizes you up, plans his attack
Ah-da-da
Drums please, Fab

And I got it all, I got it all
Waiting for me down on the street
But now you gotta do somethin' special for me
I'm gonna say what's on my mind
Then I'll walk out, then I'll feel fine

Yeah, I'm under his thumb, I'm on his back
I will not show my teeth too quick
I needed you there, I needed you there
But I didn't know, I didn't know

Go alone
I'll go alone
We'll go alone
I'll go alone

Back from his trip, he's at the door
When he gets back, he's on the phone
Innocent eye, innocent heart
No, it's not wrong, but it's not right
Innocent time out on his own
Not got gonna do that, I'm out of control
I was just bored playin' the guitar
Learned all your tricks, wasn't too hard
It's the last one now, I can promise you that
I'm gonna find out the truth when I get back

Gone now are the old times
Forgotten, time to hold on the railing
The Rubix cube isn't solving for us
Old friends, long forgotten
The old ways at the bottom
Of the ocean now has swallowed
The only thing that's left
Is us, so pardon the silence
That you're hearing is turning
Into a deafening, painful, shameful roar